Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Tomiyama

Yasuyuki Tomiyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • TASTE IMPROVER
    Publication number: 20100136196
    Abstract: Poly-?-glutamic acid or a salt thereof is made to be present at the same time as a taste-exhibiting substance formed from a potassium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC
    Inventors: Shin Sato, Hideo Satokawa, Takeshi Iwasaki, Yasuyuki Tomiyama, Kyoko Ishii, Katsuya Seguro
  • CARBONATED BEVERAGE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBONATED BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20090202699
    Abstract: Addition of a predetermined amount(s) of lysine hydrochloride and/or low molecular weight agar to a high intensity sweetener-containing carbonated beverage weakens the intense later sweetness, imparts a fullness of taste, and intensifies the early sweetness of the beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO, INC
    Inventors: Yoko Yamamoto, Yukiko Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Tomiyama
  • AMINO ACID-CONTAINING ACIDIC BEVERAGE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20080175970
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide an amino acid-containing acidic beverage having a good acidic taste and also to provide a method for manufacturing the same. [Solving Means] Phosphoric acid and organic acid are used together as acidulating agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Saeko KOBAYASHI, Yasuyuki Tomiyama, Kazuyuki Abe
  • Processes for preparing an aspartame slurry
    Patent number: 7026003
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes for preparing a slurry containing aspartame, which is stable and is useful as a sweetener; as well as methods of assessing the stability of an aspartame slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tomiyama, Masato Kawauchi
  • Low-calorie beverages and sweetener composition with improved palatability
    Publication number: 20050238779
    Abstract: The invention described herein provide beverages which have excellent palatability and are limited in calorie content and a sweetener composition having the same characteristics, which contain sucralose and acesulfame K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Naoko Isoya, Keiko Sato, Yasuyuki Tomiyama
  • Low-calorie beverages with improved flavor
    Publication number: 20050238786
    Abstract: The invention described herein improves the suppression or the control of a flavor in sucralose-containing beverages by incorporating aspartame into the beverage. Thus the present invention provides a low-calorie beverage, containing at least one flavoring ingredient, aspartame and sucralose, where the aspartame:sucralose weight ratio is from 1:1 to 10:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Naoko Isoya, Keiko Sato, Yasuyuki Tomiyama
  • Carbonated beverage
    Publication number: 20050175754
    Abstract: In this application is disclosed a raw material liquid for a carbonated beverage wherein Aspartame is used as a sweetener and wherein an emulsifier having an HLB value of 1 to 14 or/and an emulsifier having a molecular weight of 50 to 300 is/are contained, according to which the problems which are caused by the Aspartame-attributable foam can be solved by a method free from the problems with respect to the sensory aspect, safety and effect sustainability of a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tomiyama, Kazuyuki Abe, Yoshizu Ohta
  • Processes for preparing an aspartame slurry
    Publication number: 20030096048
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes for preparing a slurry containing aspartame, which is stable and is useful as a sweetener; as well as methods of assessing the stability of an aspartame slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tomiyama, Masato Kawauchi